Ethics and Politics in Contemporary Theory Between Critical Theory and Post-Marxism

AvMark Devenney

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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In addressing the political and theoretical debates between critical and post-Marxist theorists, this book discusses the politics of communication and rationality, subjectivity, sovereignty, ethics and deliberative democracy, considering questions such as:* Does the theory of communicative action justify deliberative democracy?* Is a theory of hegemony compatible with an account which relies upon an ideal of communicative success?* Is autonomy a good which should be fostered?* Can the ideal of democracy extend beyond the nation state?* Does post-Marxism have anything interesting to say about ethics?Analysing the work of Ernesto Laclau and Jürgen Habermas - as representatives of different choices made in regard to theory, politics and morality - Ethics and Politics in Contemporary Theory develops a critical response to the contrasting conclusions of these approaches.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-12-11
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415237376

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Mark Devenney is a senior lecturer in politics and philosophy at the University of Brighton, UK. His current research concerns political economy and death, and involves a re-reading of Marx's labour theory of value and Foucault's biopolitics.

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'It is extremely hard to do justice in a short review to the complex arguments developed in this book. They touch upon fundamental problems such as the nature of language, relations between language and reality, and rationality.' - Krzystof Jaskulowski in Political Studies Review

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Ends of Marx(ism)?2. Language, Communication, Performativity3. Performativity and Politics: From Habermas to Laclau4. Politics, Idealisation and Performativity5. Quasi-Transcendentalism and Critical Theory6. The Politics of Subjectivity7. Deliberative or Radical Democracy? The Politics of Performativity8. Post-Structuralism and Democratic Theory9. Ethics and Politics in Discourse Theory